Hamptons in a bottle : Montauk

Bond NO 9 has a new addition. Memorial Day is the unofficial beginning of summer, right? And summer is when our well heeled friends flock to the Hamptons, right? Andy Warhol loved Montauk..... that's right, and this was the inspiration behind the new scent.

It launches exclusively at Saks on Memorial Day. The fragrance includes heart of hyacinth, Lilly of the valley and honeysuckle: top notes of wild bergamot, white laurel and blueberry, and a drydown of amber, driftwood, silver maple and red oak.

The summer induced scent comes in two botthles. I'm digging the yellow one myself!

Halle Berry Pure Orchid

It wouldn't be a regular day unless a beautiful celebrity was in the midst of launching perfume. Halle Berry is rolling out her second fragrance, Pure Orchid, in February.

A lilac shaded bottle houses the scents of crisp Italian lemon, papaya nectar fizz, and jungle cactus flower as the main ingredients with other notes o heart of Masdevallia orchid, blackberry creme concentre and star anise, patchouli leaf and tonka bean.

Beyonce Heat

Although the mercury keeps dropping and the snow won't let up, things are heating up in a couple weeks when Beyonce Knowles launches her new and first fragrance "Heat".

It will be available in most department stores in the first week of February. Just in time to change up your scent for V-Day.

The spicy ads are already a buzz. The bottle channels Beyonce's favorite colors and the fragrance itself????

None other then red vanilla, orchid, magnolia, neroli, and notes of blush peach.

Sounds sexy!

Juicy Couture Candles

Some lovely gals in my life will be getting Juicy candles under their tree. Hopefully they don't read this post! Each smells incredibly scrumptious.

Available at JuicyCouture.com or at you local Juicy shop!

Candles Bay Two Day Holiday Sale

Emerge your senses with Candle Bay. One of my favorite candle companies is having a sale for two days.

To Kick off the Holiday Season customers receive 15% off the entire
store using coupon code HOLIDAY. This is a TWO-DAY sale starting now and ending Friday Dec 4th.

The other sale Candle Bay is having all month long includes these coupons:

(valid thru 12/31):

Free Shipping with any $60 purchase using code SANTASHIP
$10 off $75 purchase using coupon code SNOWY10
$5 off $40 purchase using coupon code SANTA5
10% off any purchase using coupon code XMAS10

Pretty Woman

80 bucks may not make you into a pretty woman, but it can sure help you smell like one. Barbar Orbison, widow of legendary singer Roy Orbison, just launched a new scent inspired from her husband's famous song.

The scent has notes of bergamot, stargazer lily, amber and patchouli, comes in a box of understated beauty.

Vintage Kate Moss

Kate Moss likes to dabble here and there. You know...Top Shop, Modeling, Fragrance. Her new scent, Vintage, is a delight!

On another note, in an interview with WWD they ask her if she has a Motto. She does and I think I'd like to steal it for my own...."Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." Read the full article by clicking here WWD.

Brioni Launches Mens Scent

Turning 65 usually signifies retiring and stocking up on La Mer. For Italian luxury brand Brioni it means a celebration! Your boyfriend or husband may not want to be tarty 4 this party. Brioni will be producing a mere 7,000 limited edition bottles of fragrance.

Keeping up with the exclusive availabiltiy is of course, exlcusive design. The bottles are inspired by a whiskey tumbler to get that heavy glass look, the caps and labels are wenge wood with an ebony finish.

It gets better, each bottle lives in an Italian leather case, which references a canvas case used for Brioni's limited edition Good Luck fragrance back in 1958. The box will last for ever.

The fragrance unfortunately will not. A price tag of $399 and a trip to a luxury retailer near you, will allow you to whiff scents of Calabrian bergamot, Sicilian lemon, verbena, lavender, galbanum, nutmeg, tonka bean, vetiver, patchouli and oak moss.

Now please excuse me as I go into the parlor to light my cigar.

Francis Kurkdjian

I can't get enough of new perfumes. Even when I know the scent does not compliment my own body chemistry, just sniffing the bottle can lift my mood. We are about to get a parade of scents from Francis Kurkdjian to enter our lives.

Francis Kurkdjian is known among the small world of fragrance aficionados as one of the greatest living perfumers. He has created more than 20 of the best-selling fragrances of all time and has created perfumes for the great houses of Chanel, Lanvin, Dior, Narcisco Rodriguez, Yves Saint Laurent and even created Male, the first perfume for men by Jean Paul Gaultier.  Named Chevalier of Arts and Letters in July 2008. Kurkdjian has been deemed “ Paris ’ most daring young nose.”

 

Francis also sees clients by appointment to create tailor-made fragrances. He opens his magic box kit of over 200 ingredients to create a truly (secret) signature formula for each individual client, without ever revealing it to anyone else. 

 

After years of conjuring up top-selling perfumes, he now LaUNcHeS Maison Francis Kurkdjian, his own fragrance house. A new boutique, located on rue d'Alger near Place Vendome in Paris , will offer Francis's first edition of cologne, eau de toilettes, eau de parfum, candles, interior perfumes, incense, a perfumed bracelet, even a unique collection of scented bubbles. The collection is designed to reinvent the way we think about “fragrancing” our world, 24/7.

 

Listens up! This is the part that concerns us. The Maison Francis Kurkdjian collection will be available at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus starting this brisk month of October. Visit franciskurkdjian.com for more deets! 

Frederic Fekkai Sensuelle

Santa may have some easy decisions this year. For Holiday, the man behind the coiffure is sniffing out a new direction. Frédéric Fekkai is launching a delightful collection of shampoo, conditioner, scented hairspray, and eau de parfum.

The aura is "feminine" with and array of fragrant confetti like neroli, lemon leaf, jasmine, musk, amber, honey, cumin, birch and carrot seed. Sensuelle will be available in October at Neimans, Sephora, Saks, Nordstrom, Bloomies, and Lord & Taylor. Basically everywhere, so Santa has no excuses.

Luxe for more

Christine Nigel brought Mens fragrance, Encre Noire, from House of Lalique a few years back. Launching this month in Europe and the Middle East is the female counter part, Noire Pour Elle. We have to wait for spring of 2010 in the states to bask in the glorious scents of: vetiver froests, Turkish rose, and tobacco-ish aromas.

Ultra luxe packaging, masculine inspired scent for women, and no ad campaign necessary. Never has a black cube ever looked so scrumptious. Can't wait! Check out their site here.